| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Crocodile Dundee | $11,337,214 | - | 879 | - | $12,897 | $11,337,214 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 2 | Stand by Me | $3,499,688 | -9.3% | 841 | +12 | $4,161 | $28,677,157 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 1 | Top Gun | $3,391,335 | -19.5% | 1,344 | -13 | $2,523 | $148,322,649 | 20 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | The Boy Who Could Fly | $1,990,440 | - | 661 | +591 | $3,011 | $3,612,691 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | The Karate Kid Part II | $1,727,316 | -20.2% | 1,290 | -66 | $1,339 | $108,377,628 | 15 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Ruthless People | $1,663,588 | -11.3% | 1,002 | -8 | $1,660 | $67,591,162 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | The Fly | $1,454,343 | -29.4% | 967 | -85 | $1,503 | $33,003,258 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Aliens | $1,404,676 | -27.5% | 924 | -116 | $1,520 | $75,563,979 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Nothing in Common | $1,247,104 | -31.4% | 944 | -23 | $1,321 | $30,051,539 | 9 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Back to School | $1,198,151 | -24.8% | 893 | -70 | $1,341 | $86,885,354 | 16 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $1,138,504 | -23.7% | 779 | +69 | $1,461 | $66,564,090 | 17 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Blue Velvet | $900,805 | -20% | 98 | - | $9,191 | $2,026,298 | 2 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false | false |
| 13 | - | The Name of the Rose | $707,021 | - | 42 | - | $16,833 | $707,021 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 14 | 14 | Shanghai Surprise | $146,103 | -75.9% | 177 | -173 | $825 | $1,990,646 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
